Abstract: Various equivalent linear analysis methods for base-isolated regular bridges are compared and evaluated in this paper. The equivalent linear analysis models encompassed in the paper are those specified by the American ...

Abstract: Two analysis models for high damping rubber bearings are proposed based on the results of shaking table tests of a seismically isolated bridge deck. These analysis models are established using the modified Gauss-Newton ...

Abstract: In this paper, the guide specifications for bridge base isolation published in 1991 by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) are briefly summarized and discussed. The effective ...

Abstract: This paper reports the dynamic responses of a one‐fifth‐scale gable‐frame structure composed of tapered members subjected to El Centro earthquake ground motions, using a shaking table. The test structure was designed ...

Abstract: This paper describes an experimental program of study on the sliding characteristics of Teflon‐stainless steel interfaces. The effects of normal pressure, sliding distance, normal pressure history, sliding velocity, sliding ...

Abstract: An analytical model is proposed to describe the interfacial sliding characteristics of Teflon and stainless steel based on experimentally observed quasi‐static and dynamic sliding characteristics. The effects of normal ...

Abstract: Data processing techniques have been frequently used to minimize errors involved in the measurements of earthquake ground motion data and experimental structural responses. In this paper a frequency domain data processing ...

Abstract: In the United States, design of steel gable frames normally follows the guidelines prescribed by the American Institute of Steel Construction for assumed wind and gravity loadings. In this study, a pinned‐base steel gable ...

Abstract: The paper summarizes the feasibility study of implementing seismic protective systems into high-tech industrial structures in which costly vibration-sensitive facilities are housed. Due to the fact that the microvibration ...